Abstract: A cleaning station and method for cleaning welding torches disposed on welding robots, in particular a cleaning station and method for cleaning the interior of gas nozzles on electrical arc welding torches, which has a simpler and more robust construction, while at the same time having a reliable cleaning effect. The cleaning station has a cleaning wire, one end of which is attached on one side to a base and extends from the base towards a free end, wound in a coil around a longitudinal axis, wherein the outer diameter of the coil formed by the cleaning wire is dimensioned in such a way that the coil at the free end of the cleaning wire is inserable, at least along a section of its length, into a welding torch, especially into a gas nozzle of an electrical arc welding torch.